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Author Aspinall, Edward, author.

Title Democracy for sale : elections, clientelism, and the state in Indonesia / Edward Aspinall and Ward Berenschot.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Indonesia's governmental structure -- Indonesia's patronage democracy -- Capturing varieties of clientelism -- Historical origins of free-wheeling clientelism -- Electoral institutions, political parties, and candidates -- Success teams and vote buying -- Social networks and club goods -- Governance and public spending -- Bureaucrats and the power of office -- Campaign financing, business and the public sphere -- Explaining variation in Indonesia's patronage democracy -- Conclusion : clientelism and the search for good governance.
Summary "Written on the basis of extensive fieldwork and survey research, Democracy for Sale shows how Indonesian politics is built around the exchange of cash, goods and favors, and organized through informal relationships and networks rather than parties and formal institutions"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Elections -- Corrupt practices -- Indonesia.
Elections -- Corrupt practices.
Indonesia.
Patron and client -- Indonesia.
Patron and client.
Patronage, Political -- Indonesia.
Patronage, Political.
Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 1998-
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1998-
Subject Democracy -- Indonesia.
Democracy.
Political corruption -- Indonesia.
Political corruption.
Chronological Term Since 1998
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Berenschot, Ward, author.
Other Form: Print version: Aspinall, Edward. Democracy for sale. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501732973 (DLC) 2018045944
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